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← DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY GARDENS NFP

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY GARDENS NFP.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,532,738
Total expenses
$1,727,007
Contributions and grants received
$2,361,272
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$125,651
Investment income
$29,726
Other revenue
$16,089
Total assets, end of year
$2,414,371
Total liabilities, end of year
$39,994
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,374,377
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,574,515
Management and general expenses
$141,992
Fundraising expenses
$10,500
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,574,515

Program services were 91.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $15,257

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $155,521

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $722,976

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,467,518

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $126,649

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRODUCE SALES

    total $125,651 · related or exempt $125,651

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24,726 · excluded $24,726

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $5,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $5,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,000 · excluded $5,000

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,327

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $155,521

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $2,746

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $581 · excluded $581

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $15,508 · excluded $15,508

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,508

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $70,684 · program services $64,650 · management and general $5,519 · fundraising $515

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $437,144 · program services $407,159 · management and general $20,746 · fundraising $9,239

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,639 · program services $38,884 · management and general $2,009 · fundraising $746

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,504 · program services $12,379 · management and general $41,125

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,050 · program services $2,806 · management and general $4,244

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,902 · program services $6,400 · management and general $7,502

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,460 · program services $3,038 · management and general $11,422

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $58,383 · program services $57,595 · management and general $788

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $576 · program services $240 · management and general $336

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $48,083 · program services $34,264 · management and general $13,819

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,387 · program services $523 · management and general $24,864

  • 24a · Other expenses: LFPA FOOD AND PRODUCE

    total $679,077 · program services $679,077

  • 24b · Other expenses: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

    total $254,453 · program services $254,395 · management and general $58

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $22,665 · program services $13,105 · management and general $9,560

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $215,907 · end of year $1,245,179

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $308,116

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $392,364 · end of year $424,162

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,998 · end of year $25,141

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,407 · end of year $8,153

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $952,477

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $319,628

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $666,945 · end of year $632,849

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $95,245 · end of year $78,887

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $101,908 · end of year $23,414

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $728 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $24,700 · end of year $16,580

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,311,829 · end of year $1,635,530

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $256,817 · end of year $738,847

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO BUILD COMMUNITY WHILE INCREASING FOOD SECURITY THROUGH GROWING AND PROVIDING READY ACCESS TO FRESH, NUTRITIOUS LOCAL PRODUCE FOR DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS RESIDENTS.

  • DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY GARDENS (DCCG) STRENGTHENED THE COMMUNITY BY INSTALLING GARDEN BEDS AND GROWING OF FOOD AT VARIOUS GARDEN LOCATIONS. THE GARDEN LOCATIONS INCLUDED SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, CITY OWNED VACANT LOTS, MEDICAL CENTERS, BUSINESSES, CHURCHES, AND THE LOCAL YMCA. MANY VOLUNTEERS WORKED IN THE GARDENS. THE FOOD GROWN WAS DONATED TO LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES, COMMUNITY MEAL CENTERS, SENIOR CITIZEN LOW INCOME HOUSING LOCATIONS AND CHILDRENS LEARNING CENTERS. THE VOLUNTEERS INCLUDED AT-RISK YOUTH WHO VOLUNTEERED THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DCCG AND THE LOCAL YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU.

    Expenses $1,574,515 · Revenue $125,651

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ANDY WANEK

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEAN WALTERS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL STODDARD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LYNN HERRMANN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID J CASTRO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIO GOMEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REV DR JANET HUNT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAT MALONEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANE ELLIOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELLINGSWORTH WEBB

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHERYL NAKONECHNY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOYCE KLEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HEATHER EDWARDS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,684
    From this org
    $70,684
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
18 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621879349301462

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